The Dangers OF One Click Wordpress Installation

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Posted by admin under Installation Tips

For many people the prospect of getting a domain name and hosting account with the promise of one click installation and hey presto you have yourself a blog and ready to go is all too tempting. But I have bad news for you.

One click install leaves your blog compromised and open to attack from hackers, and believe you me this is not a scare tactic to get you to purchase an installation service from me or any other service provider. If you can do it you are better off installing your blog manually yourself.

Here is the problem with One Click install: When you use programs like Fantastico to install your blog it creates the database, allocates the username and a password for you – all that is FANTASTICO eh? not so fast hozey! In all the cases that I have seen and dealt with, all of the database name and the database user are all similar if not exactly the same. The only thing protecting your installation now is the jumbled up password. Not much of a defence mechanism if you ask me!

The main problem here is you as the user then have no permission to change it in the future. Unless ofcours you go through the headache of dealing with the hosting company to obtain the relevant privileges to the necessary files. Or you can then employ a professional to sort it out for you, and trust me you will be charged a fortune for it. As you can see now its not that fantastico eh! So why leave it to chance? Why give hackers an easy access to your hard work? Why not do it once but do it right!

1) In carpentry when cutting measure twice and cut once!

2) A rogue builder will leave you a bill twice as much as it would have been if you had got it done by a professional service provider.

Apply these 2 rules to your virtual estates and you do just fine

My advice is to have your installation done manually from scratch and leave yourself with peace of mind of having full and total control of your blog. I can not stress this strongly enough, stay away from the “One click install” fad which ever program you are using. A manual installation weather you do it yourself or get a professional to do it for you will save you a lot of money as well as heartaches later on down the line.

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Reader's Comments

cc0105 | April 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am
good
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james firth | April 21st, 2009 at 1:41 am
i disagree with most things said! but then again who am i to decide, some good points taken though
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admin | April 21st, 2009 at 2:05 am
Hey James
This is the beauty of blogging, you get to express yourself even if its through commenting Would love to see more ellaboration on your comment, maybe I could stand corrected.

Disagreement and constructive critisims are most welcome – makes for a healthy blog in an active community

BTW you submited the same comment on the themes and I felt it was probably by mistake and therefore have not aproved it yet (not deleted – still pending) – if its correctly placed let me know and if you could expand on it will appreciate it and will aprove it.
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Healthy Diet Lets Woman Lose Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days | April 30th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Hi, nice post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting. I will definitely be subscribing to your blog.
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admin | April 30th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Hi and thanks for the compliment, glad you like the post
Look forward to be regular contact and networking with you.
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Assicurazioni | June 1st, 2009 at 7:35 am
Yeah,comments are great. It is very helpful in socializing in blogosphere. Also useful in building links. Fight spam, not blogs.

Thanks
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Ansel Adams | June 10th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Good security tips, i will bear these in mind when moving my Ansel Adams blog across to wordpress.org in the future…
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azali-pemasaran internet | August 1st, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Yes, sometimes many blogger use the easy way to build up the website like use Fantastico and do not think in future for upgrade their website.
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twiter | August 30th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I hope you do not mind if I posted a link on digg
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@twiter – Not at all, please do. Will appreciate it very much
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